OC Guy, you are the eternal AMD pessimist.
Intel and AMD have completely different philosophies. With intel, sure, you get the best performance (most of the time), but you lose out on things like platform longevity, overclocking, and performance in some areas. With intel you also have to pay extra up front.
AMD designs CPUs primarily for the server market. If they do well in desktop machines, fine. They do create some cut down CPUs for the budget market, but really what most enthusiasts care about is their upper tier products, which tend to not only be competitive with Intel, but they cost less as well. You also gain all kinds of options in terms of eeking every last drop of performance out of your CPU.
I can see why so many people go with Intel. I just find it far more interesting going with what AMD has.
To say they are going anywhere is silly at this point.
Intel and AMD have completely different philosophies. With intel, sure, you get the best performance (most of the time), but you lose out on things like platform longevity, overclocking, and performance in some areas. With intel you also have to pay extra up front.
AMD designs CPUs primarily for the server market. If they do well in desktop machines, fine. They do create some cut down CPUs for the budget market, but really what most enthusiasts care about is their upper tier products, which tend to not only be competitive with Intel, but they cost less as well. You also gain all kinds of options in terms of eeking every last drop of performance out of your CPU.
I can see why so many people go with Intel. I just find it far more interesting going with what AMD has.
To say they are going anywhere is silly at this point.